2019 Map of Redwood

About this map

Piedmont Mill and Burnt Chimney anchor this corner of Franklin County, where the Piedmont plateau meets the drainage basins of the Blackwater River and Pigg River. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of rural roads and family-named cemeteries, reflecting generations of continuous settlement in communities like Redwood and Flint Hill. Local aviation is represented by both Ferguson Airport and Burnt Chimney Airport, while the terrain rises toward the distinct peak of Preston Knob near Timber Ridge in the south. The prevalence of family burial grounds such as the Mitchell-Skinnell Cem and Bousman-Hodges Cem makes this sheet particularly valuable for tracing local lineages and the dispersal of early Virginia families across the tobacco-growing region.